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There is just something special about June 8th  other than being my birthday, I mean. The date is popping up in contests all over the place.

Parent Bloggers Network, in conjunction with Light Iris, is asking you to write a “Where Does My Time Go?” post anytime on Friday, June 8 (not before or after). Send your posts to parentbloggers@gmail.com and make sure to link both Light Iris and Parent Bloggers Network somewhere in your post. A random winner will receive a Fri/Sat ticket for the Blogher Conference. That’s a $200 value.

The Disco Mermaids are running a contest with the winner receiving tuition for the August 36 SBWI Summer Conference. All you have to do is list thirteen reasons why you should be the one to win. Entries must be received by 5pm PST, Friday, June 8th. Tuition for the conference is a  wow!  $425 value.

Then there’s this other contest that starts on June 8th where you give up as much of your weekend as you can possibly manage and you may or may not win some books, a T-shirt, and random stuff from the discount bin at Claire’s.

Anyhoo, to make things easier for you and for me, the contestants for the 48 Hour Book Challenge are now listed in my sidebar. Cool, huh? So now I can carry on with my own book reviewing, but you can look over to the side for a reminder of who else is playing this weekend.

Contestants, I urge you to make sure that you are indeed listed and that the link is going to the right blog.

I am stunned by the number of participants. Stunned, I tell you. How is it possible that I can’t get ten parents to take 48 seconds to sign the Girl Scout permission forms, but I can get more than fifty bloggers to take 48 hours and devote the time to reading? It’s a real head-scratcher.

(Btw, did you like how I put in that birthday reference all sneaky like? I’m so sly.)

I've got my stack of books ready, and I'm excited to have permission to read. I just finished weeding the back yard (hurrah, it is now no longer a disaster zone, but a land full of potential) but am sure that the dandelions will be waiting for me after the 48 hour reading period.

Happy Birthday!!! You are giving yourself great presents and prizes, right? Just making sure!

Now did you mean to distract me from reading the books? Because what I want to do right now is take the next couple of hours to read all the blogs in the list. Not to mention joining the contests... LOL What has happened to me that reading blogs is such a high priority?

Hi MR,Happy birthday! I hope my package made it to you safely. For anyone who wants to know more about prayer flags (especially the winner), this site has a good summary:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_prayer_flagWilliam and I do our Friday library visit once he gets off the bus and then I'll be off and running, at least for a while. Have a great weekend!Tricia

Obviously, reading for 48 hours straight is much more fun than signing Girl Scout permission forms. Thanks for organizing this - the prizes sound so great! And Happy Birthday! I hope you have a great birthday with lots of reading time and not too much Girl Scout administrative time.

Sorry, I flunked out of participating in the 48 hour book challenge - life caught me on the hop this week and I want to get as much writing done as possible this weekend to make up for doing none since last Sunday... You want I should go and iron my fingers a la Dobby ?

The Rundown

One of the bestselling preschool books of recent times was Walter the Farting Dog. At the same time, the American Library Association named as one of its best books Michael Rosen’s Sad Book, a book in which Mr. Rosen talks about his despair over the death of his son. I believe that, for most of us, what we want lies somewhere between a flatulent canine and overwhelming grief.